Garment-supporter.



7H. 0. HINEI GARMENT SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.Z,1909.

Patented May 31 1910.

Fzgri I l I I I I I l I l I I I I I I ANDREW B. GRAHAM C0,.PHOTD-LITHOGRAPHERS,WASHINGTON. D c.

UNITED srxrus aranr OFFICE.

HENRY C. HINE, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TOGEORGE W, TRAUT, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY C. HINE, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Britain, county of Hartford, State of Connecticut, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Supporters, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in garment supporters andparticularly to suspension devices therefor.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my invention; Fig. 2is a relatively enlarged central sectional View; Fig. 3 is an edgeelevation.

The purpose of the invention is to improve the construction of aswiveled tube bearing for a garment supporting cord, which improvementcomprises a guard or protecting envelop for the said swiveled bearingtube, said envelop being made of non-corrosive material such, forexample, as celluloid, thereby preventing discoloration of the body orthe clothing of the wearer from oxidation or corrosion. In the presentinstance I have shown my improved swiveled tube as applied to a loopsuch as used in a suspender.

1 represents a loop.

2 represents the metallic cord bearing portion of a tube. The tube 2 hasupwardly projecting ears 33, which stand on opposite sides of the baseof the loop 1, said ears being held thereto with the proper degree oftightness by a tubular rivet 4.

5 is an envelop of non-corrosive material corresponding in generaloutline to the external outline of the tube 2, said envelop alsopreferably overstanding the ears 33. 6 is a second rivet passing throughthe upper part of the envelop and through the first mentioned rivet 4,whereby said envelop 5 is securely held to the tube. The tube, as seenin front elevation (Fig. 1) is curved so as to form a recess at itsunder side. This recess affords a cavity for the receiving of theadjacent portion of the envelop 5 and Specification of Letters Patent.Patented lay 31, 1910,

Application filed September 2, 1909.

Serial No. 515,832.

hence said envelop can not become displaced when once secured by therivet 6. Another advantage of providing a separate rivet to hold theenvelop in place is found in that it permits the metal parts to beelectro plated in their assembled'form before the envelop is applied.Another advantage of employing a separate rivet for holding the envelopin place resides in the fact that while the application of the secondrivet reinforces the first rivet, it will not cause such pressure to bebrought upon the ears 3-3 as to clamp them with undue pressure upon theframe 1, which if not guarded against might result in too tightconnection and too little freedom of swiveling action so essential tothe efiective working of the parts in use.

What I claim is:

1. In a garment supporter trimming, a frame, a metal bearing tubeconnected thereto, a tubular rivet for connecting said parts, an envelopof non-corrosive material conforming substantially to the outside ofsaid tube and arranged externally upon the same, means for holding saidenvelop firmly in place on the external surface of said tube, said meanscomprising a rivet passing through said tubular rivet and through saidenvelop.

2. In a garment supporter trimming, a supporting frame, a metallicbearing tube pivotally connected thereto and having a longitudinal cordpassage, the ends of said tube being turned down to form an arched trackfor the cord, an envelop of non-corrosive material covering said tube,said envelop extending around the lower side thereof and being conformedthereto whereby said envelop is held from independentmovement'longitudinally of the tube and means for securing the upperpart of said envelop to the upper part of said tube.

HENRY C. HINE.

Witnesses:

M. E. GARRETT, CHAS. A. PEARD.

